@AMoonWriter so your argument is that the third man isn't a noir because it's set outside of america? because it fits the rest of that definition perfectly.
[Watching AI video of two squirrels cuddling during a thunderstorm.] They are safe there, nothing can harm them as long as they have each other. [My phone dies and for the first time in my life I am confronted by my own reflection, I try to swipe away]